J. Willoughby Braddock, a pinkish, stoutish, solemn young man in Sam the Sudden, was at Wrykyn with Sam Shotter (with whom he shared a study) and Claude Bates. Lives on John Street, Mayfair under the supervision of his former nurse Martha Lippett, now his housekeeper. Has an Aunt Julia. His valet is named Sleddon.

• Sam the Sudden